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Listopia > Book Lists Voted on by Andrew (30 Lists)



Dune by Frank HerbertFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
SF Masterworks
200 books — 726 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides1984 by George OrwellThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Cult fiction
539 books — 474 voters

Batman by Jeph LoebBatman by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerBatman, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder
Best of Batman
626 books — 939 voters
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Messy Women
46 books — 29 voters

Life for Sale by Yukio MishimaThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō AbeMemoirs of a Polar Bear by Yōko TawadaAll The Lovers In The Night by Mieko Kawakami
An Unusual Japanese Book List
223 books — 180 voters
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterHybrids by Robert J. SawyerHominids by Robert J. SawyerHumans by Robert J. Sawyer
Books with a Multiverse
231 books — 95 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreV for Vendetta by Alan MooreThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanBatman by Frank MillerThe Sandman, Vol. 3 by Neil Gaiman
500 Essential Graphic Novels
940 books — 867 voters
The Complete Works by William ShakespeareBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best British and Irish Literature
1,174 books — 1,116 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterThe First Men in the Moon by H.G. WellsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
566 books — 482 voters
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Penguin Modern Classics
416 books — 491 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
343 books — 477 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque1984 by George OrwellHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Hell on Earth
36 books — 14 voters

Remembrance of the Daleks by Ben AaronovitchFear of the Dark by Trevor BaxendaleTen Little Aliens by Stephen ColeFestival of Death by Jonathan Morris
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Edition Books
11 books — 25 voters
Ten Little Aliens by Stephen ColeDoctor Who by Ben AaronovitchDoctor Who by Andy LaneDoctor Who by Trevor BaxendaleDoctor Who by Jonathan Morris
Best Doctor Who Books
252 books — 239 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterGuilty by Ann CoulterDianetics by L. Ron HubbardThe O'Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O'ReillyIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann Coulter
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
967 books — 862 voters
1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,637 voters

Watchmen by Alan MooreA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best Anti-heroes in Books
601 books — 430 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyWatchmen by Alan Moore
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
624 books — 2,761 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
1001 Books I Have Already Read
523 books — 459 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonBrighton Rock by Graham GreeneFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Disappointing Books
2,773 books — 4,618 voters
Hamlet by William Shakespeare1984 by George Orwell
Best Tortured Heroes in Fiction
785 books — 798 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,184 books — 11,094 voters
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1984 by George Orwell
Best Transgressive Fiction
893 books — 973 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyWatchmen by Alan Moore
Modern-day Classics
365 books — 193 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
1,019 books — 602 voters
Abraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-Smith
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,942 books — 2,088 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Shining by Stephen King
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,119 voters
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyWatchmen by Alan MooreLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,559 books — 123,982 voters